Wilkie Collins was one of the leading English authors of the Victorian era. Collins was a prolifi c author and he is credited for writing the fi rst modern detective novel in English literature. The novel follows the fortunes of four women, all in on…

Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at fi rst doesn’t seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each other. But when George saves a y…

The secret of Wilkie Collins’s success is the combination of various genres: the writer-master of intrigue and fascinating plotskillfully combines melodrama, detective and a manners novel in his books, generously fl avoring them elements of the Gothi…

Роман У. Коллинза «Женщина в белом» по праву занимает одно из видных мест в ряду лучших образцов английской литературы ХIХ в. Любовь и предрассудки, стяжательство и преступления – темы вечные, поэтому роман, написанный более 100 лет назад, и сейчас з…